Even if you visit YouTube on a regular basis, it’s worth adding Vimeo to your regular rotation of video sites. The site was the first on the web to support high-definition videos, and while it does include a selection of user-generated fare, its emphasis is more on high-quality content.

Among other things, Vimeo features a number of well-known movies and TV series, such as E!’s The Royals, Spike TV’s Blue Mountain State, and Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black.

One of Metacafe’s strengths is its simplicity. Its browsing interface is fairly straightforward, with a menu bar that links to “latest,” “popular,” and “trending” videos. Those who want to take a deeper dive can click the drop-down menu on the left, which features a more extensive list of 16 video categories.

Originating from Israeli startup Qlipso, Veoh describes itself as an internet TV company. The site boasts millions of videos, most of them professionally produced.

Veoh features a wide range of TV content, including full episodes and clips from shows including NCIS, Two and a Half Men, The Price Is Right, and The Young and the Restless. It also has videos from classic series, such as Family Ties, Melrose Place, and the original Beverly Hills, 90210.

In addition to TV clips, Veoh has lots of music content across a wide range of genres. It also has a movie section that includes some full-length features, as well as memorable clips from a large number of films.

As its name suggests, Internet Archive is a web-based library of all sorts of free content, including books, music, software, and, of course, movies.

Just as you might associate a physical library with doing research, one of the strengths of the Internet Archive’s video content is its vast collection of historical content. While it does also have some newer content, some of its best videos are older and obscure news reports, TV series, and movies that are typically harder to find on other sites.

While many selections on this list feature a variety of TV series or movies, Screen Junkies specializes in original content that covers TV series and movies. Most of the site’s shows are comedic in nature. For example, in Honest Trailers, comedians voice their own versions of previews for various TV shows and movies.

Another good show available on Screen Junkies is TV Fights, in which self-proclaimed “TV nerds” argue about various topics, such as “What was the worst sitcom of the ’90s?”

Many of the videos on MySpace are interview-based and feature celebrities in situations you might not always see them in. For example, in the series Getting Nailed, various celebrities are interviewed while getting their nails done at a salon.

There are many other similarly themed interview videos on the site, many of which feature musical acts or action sports stars. For example, there’s The Pedicab Interviews: Dillon Francis, The Chairlift Interviews: Shaun Francis, and OK Go: The Ferris Wheel Interviews.

The Open Video Project has been developed at the Interaction Design Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science. The site is targeted toward the research community, including those who work with multimedia retrieval and digital libraries.

With that in mind, most of the videos found on The Open Video Project are educational in nature. There are many videos from the archives of NASAExplore Space On Your iPad with The NASA's iPad AppExplore Space On Your iPad with The NASA's iPad AppNASA, one of the pioneers in space exploration, has released a free iPad app which collects, customizes, and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated mission information, images, videos, and Twitter feeds from various online...Read More, as well as a collection of classic TV commercials and educational films dating back to the 1950s. If you’re looking to research historical video content, give The Open Video Project a shot.

Think of 9GAG as a collection of all things fun and goofy: funny photos, GIFs, gaming videos, memes, anime, and the like. In fact, the site’s tagline is, “Go fun yourself”.

Most of the content is fun and frivolous. Video titles include things such as “A Compilation of the best Commercials Starred by the ‘Star Wars’ Crew,” or “This High School Love Story Will Warm Your Heart and Then Break It Before You Know What Happened.”

It’s the type of stuff that’s hard not to click on and then spend hours browsing. Before visiting, be warned: the site contains a number of videos that are somewhat risqué and may not be safe for work.

If you’re not yet familiar with TED, now is the time to get acquainted. The TED website features more than 2,300 talks covering a vast swathe of topics, such as technology, business, design, science, and global issues.

The TED website is particularly handy if you’re squeezed for time. Videos that appear on the menu are tagged with an easy-to-see red bar if they’re shorter than six minutes.

What’s Your Favorite YouTube Alternative?

YouTube is the top video website for a number of reasons, including its huge selection of videos and association with Google.

Still, the video sites listed above are at least worth checking out, and there’s no doubt more of them are out there just waiting to be discovered.

When you’re simply in the mood for different options, what’s your favorite YouTube alternative? Is there anything about YouTube you’d like to change? What sort of content would you like to see more of? Or less of? Please tell us in the comments section below.

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Thisdonedidit

August 14, 2017 at 9:06 am

I would like for YouTube to less corporate and return to its native roots. Somehow returning to the same mindset as when they started in San Bruno ( yes I'm a native that saw YouTube swallowed by google. From San Bruno to the techie upper hills of Palo Alto where only the anti socials seem build the platforms and eventually the mind set of the future.. while pushing the natives out of San Francisco ) history repeats itself with every revolutionary advancement in society. These companies make me feel like they treat us like numbers and hardware to be replaced every couple years. I hope that scares everyone alittle , wake up. Humanity is under attack..

Youtube is cheating by showing a thumb nail of a movie and when I like to see it directs to a link which I feel itself a fraud and waste of time. They can as well make a mark on it that it can not be viewed straight away.

Youtube is pumping up the most dispicable and most garbagish videos, everything on the top menu selection is either Sick, very stupid, and very misleading, almost as if someone from Star magazine is pushing videos there. The classic TV shows are the best part, being a video creator is nonsense, nothing work to get noticed even when you see crowds loving what you're doing, starting out anyway, seems like I was treated like a purple guy by racists the whole 3 years I was there. I lost hope in humanity almost, then found Vimeo.
Creator of FLOID series on vimeo.com/bendugame

I do not like that YouTube is now charging and making you purchase YouTube Red if you want to watch a video while you have another app open. So if I'm on a call with someone and they want me to check out a video I have to hang up to watch it. I don't use YouTube enough to pay for it so I'm looking for an app similar with similar content just without having to pay for simple things. If I want certain shows etc.. I don't mind paying but just to use 2 apps at one time. I don't think so. ?

Hi sue! Just like Name N. Name said you can check out websites like Dailymotion, or my personal fav Vidweb. They even let you embed videos onto your website. You should check it out if you get a chance. But ngl they're still up-and-coming so you might find it looking "basic af," but it works! Hope this helps :)

No doubt You Tube is a huge collection but quantity is not all, quality matters too; when I say quality I don't mean in terms of HD or 1080p or the resolution etc, instead I mean quality of content itself, for instance, I searched for educational videos for schools made in a way that is professional i.e. similar to the professional cartoon movies we often see on television to effectively describe topics to school students but could not find videos of such high standards.

new subscriber, i'm starting with internet archive -- i already found Caruso downloads! and will explore other sites. i am SOOOOOOOOO tired of youtube, ready for a change. major interests are music and educational material.

Okay I only recognize these when I'm going to watch Movies and shows for free. And usually are in shit quality.lol. No-body is going to any of these for entertainment purposes. They go to them with a set goal of what to watch. and Myspace? Are you kidding me? You actually wanted to add that to the list coz you think MYSPACE is a good option? they couldnt even keep alive their Highly used Social Site thye had their time in the spotlight. And they are never getting it back, sorry Tom. They were all about music, and haha now videos? So they are just jumping from theme to theme hoping one of the popular themes will catch on for Myspace. But hey hey, gues what IT WONT. Just Die away Myspace, quit trying to grasp for air and just let yourself die. The name "myspace" will get you no-where. They arent even smart enough to change the name..

lol Warren, that is exactly why I am here now. I pay for YouTube red so I don't have to put up with commercials. I have to pay google though and put up with...get chrome now all the time, and I do not like google trying to guess what I want to do and watch all the time. YouTube is getting just as bad too. Television is the same way, you "will" hear about this, you "will" watch that...getting rid of that helped so much. :) The constant programing of the same old stuff over and over is driving me mad, lol :) Have a good day, and good luck :)

Just stumbled across this article today ( I know, I was born late, and will probably be late to my own funeral, what can I say ) But I'm glad I did. YouTube has recently worn out its welcome for me, just like Yahoo did years ago. I switched to Google because I could get a plain home screen without being bombarded with their agenda news (regardless of side or opinion - all of it) that was pushing fear and hate and racism - constantly. So, here I am in 2017 and YouTube is no better as it uses its "recommended" offerings to your homepage that are nothing but political tripe (again, regardless of your side) and news of fear and hate and racism - constantly. And no matter how many times you go through the motions of checking the boxes and "telling them why" you don't want to see a particular video - they keep sending them. So, THANK YOU for these suggestions. A little late, but thank you.

I tried signing up at Vimeo but found the application form would not complete correctly. On looking around for a Help section, I then discovered that you have to be a logged-in member to get help! How utterly stupid....and there's absolutely no way of contacting them to let them know that you can't create an account!

theres a site called yourchatterbox.com its cool they have chattie tube basically when you share a video from youtube or vimo it gets saved so you don't have to search kind of a channel everyone shares

If you're bored then sign up at goodreads.com! They are pretty cool and you can "meet" some of the famous book authors like The author of Harry Potter. Really try it! It sounds boring, but it is super fun.

look if you want to watch cool gaming videos then go on youtube.
but I really want a site that's like youtube but that's not blocked by school.
plus these sites are not even better then youtube, they suck kinda like what jj said.

the only thing because - youtube was the first site offered the serves , and adopted by google , thats why spread the world and awarding a more than all countries earn from exporting their hard working countries that produces raw materials to other countries

thanks guys I needed a site other than youtube because they block youtube at school and I needed to look up a video real fast.i bet they never even heard of these site so they cant block what they don't know

Thank God we're not relegated to F.B, G+ and the more recognized heavy handed sites!!
I know I'll be doing my best to break people out of these controlling youngsters in their heavy handed prisons where you must fall in line or suffer their wrath!! Google is like big government, do what they say or they'll chop off your head!!! :\

That's exactly the arrogance that drives me right out of Youtube, you can have it, we'll all probably find what suits us all best individually. That slimy one is for you.. this intelligent one is for us. Thanks!

Regardless of the various critiques contained in some comments herein, I appreciate you sharing your information & knowledge in offering alternatives to YouTube. I only just discovered your site tonight, and am looking forward to expanding my option base by accessing the sites you suggested; as well as those that others offered. I shall never lose the ability to feel the sense of wonder for the extraordinary variety of "stuff" that we have available at our fingertips because of the incredible technology that has been developed.

One thing that I think is really unique about YouTube, as a content creator, is that I can upload videos whenever I want, about whatever I want, as consistently (or not) as I want. These other websites may provide great things for me to watch, but I doubt they provide opportunities and/or communities to support my crappy videos, which I always find on YouTube.

YouTube is the biggest, but there are lots of other video sites to use. Some are specialized and would not be appropriate for all video post. Thanks for a great list - have only used a few of them, will check out the rest.

Hi "you suck"
fun to read you are so passionate about YouTube. I don't dislike YouTube by any means, and do visit it often. The article is only meant to point out that there are other sites that offer similar services and that checking them out could bring some interesting surprises. But hey, if you'd rather just stick to one site, that is your right and choice to do so. About the other comments... I've lived too many years to feel I need to reply to them. But hey, thanks for taking the time to read the article anyway.

Thanks for that comprehensive list, Taty. Just one thing though; TED actually offer some of their videos on Youtube already so you could still just look at their YouTube channel and watch it from there...